looks like they're drawn wrong

they are going straight east at the sunrise

sunrise is east for everyone ont he equinox

do u want to see the video ?

why aren't they drawn parallel to the equator

taht would be east

nope east is at the sunrise on an equinox

its east for everyone

on that one day

east is the same on every other day too

not just the equinox

ok

ur right

east is always east

ok

yes and these lines don't depict an east-only path

those lines show east at the sunrise on an equinox

would u like me to link the video ?

i've seen the video

i'm explaining the misconception from that video

imagine a path instead of what you see in teh video, but one at a constant latitude

it's a circle around the earth right, parallel to the equator?

yes

and at any point on that path, which way are you facing

not east becuase im not looking at where the sun rises on the equinox

ok this is where you're wrong

maybe

the sun WOULD rise if you looked in that direction

here's another example

if you're travel along the equator, from south america to africa, which direction are you facign

if ur ont he equator east

ok so what if you do the same thing, but instead ofbeing on teh equator, you do it at 20 deg North latitude

what heading would teh compas read

idk not east

why not east

east is perpendicular to north

and that's the direction i'm always going

becuase i cant look at the sunrise east at the equator and look east at the latitude line

so if i do this at 20 deg N, the compass wouldn't read east?

i cant say for certain but im pretty sure it wouldnt

do you know how a compass works?